出三藏記集 12.4

12.4

夫靈源啟潤則萬流脈散。玄根毓萌則千條雲積。何者本大而末盛。基遠而緒長也。自尊經神運秀出俗典。由漢屆梁世歷明哲。雖復緇服素飾並異跡同歸。講議讚析代代彌精。注述陶練人人競密。所以記論之富盈閣以仞房。書序之繁充車而被軫矣。宋明皇帝。摽心淨境載飡玄味。迺勅中書侍郎陸澄。撰錄法集。陸博識洽聞苞舉群籍。銓品名例隨義區分。凡十有六帙一百有三卷。其所閏古今亦已備矣。今即其本錄以相綴附。雖非正經而毘讚道化。可謂聖典之羽儀。法門之警衛。足以輝顯前緒昭進後學。是以寄于三藏集末。以廣枝葉之覽焉。

Now, when the spiritual source opens its moisture, the myriad streams branch and scatter; when the profound root nurtures shoots, a thousand branches gather like clouds. Why is this so? It is because when the root is great, the branches flourish, and when the foundation is far-reaching, the lineage is long. Ever since the sacred texts were moved by the divine to stand out preeminent above worldly scriptures, from the Han down to the Liang, eras have witnessed enlightened sages; though dark monastic robes and plain lay garments differ in path, they converge on the same goal. Lecturing, disputing, praising, and analyzing grew ever finer with each generation; commenting, annotating, refining, and polishing saw every person vie in precision. Therefore, the abundance of records and treatises fills pavilions and packs chambers, and the proliferation of writings and prefaces fills carts and burdens axles. Emperor Ming of the Song set his mind upon the pure realm and repeatedly savoured the profound flavour. He thereupon ordered Palace Cadet Lu Cheng to compile and catalogue the Dharma collections. Lu, with broad knowledge and erudition, encompassed all writings, grading titles and categories and dividing them according to meaning, making sixteen cases and one hundred and three scrolls in all. His interpolations and emendations of ancient and modern works were indeed thorough. Now, relying on his original catalogue, they are appended here. Although not primary sūtras, they aid and extol moral transformation; they may truly be called the feathers and heralds of the sacred canons, the sentries and guards of the Dharma gate, sufficient to illuminate past lineages and instruct future students. Therefore they are appended at the end of the Tripiṭaka Collection to broaden the survey of its branches and leaves.